John 15:22 (WEB)
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Fathers and councils · 27
Gregory of Nyssa
“But “if I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 22
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“The preaching, He says, judges him who has not observed the commandment; ‘for if,’ He says, ‘I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now they shall have no cloke,’ He says, having heard My words, through which those who observe them shall reap salvation.” — editor's note: John xv. 22.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“As when the Lord said to the Jews, “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin,” [John 15:22] this does not mean that the Jews would have been altogether without sin, but that there was a sin they would not have had, if Christ had not come.” — the author cites it
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Origen
“That declaration also in the Gospel, “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin,” renders it manifest and patent to all who have a rational knowledge of how long a time man is without sin, and from what period he is liable to it, how, by…” — editor's note: John xv. 22.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He that hateth Me, hateth My Father also.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 22, 23.
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John Chrysostom
“For (it is said) “If I had not come and spoken unto them they had not had sin.” ( John xv. 22.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Let us fear then lest we come under the condemnation of that word which says, “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin.” ( John xv. 22.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And this charge He hath brought in another place, where He saith, “They hated Me without a cause” ( John xv. 25 ): and again, “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin.” ( John xv. 22.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…Lord’s will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes” ( Luke xii. 47 ); and again, “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin.” ( c. xv. 22.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Therefore He said, “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin, but now they have no cloak for their sin.”” — editor's note: John xv. 22. [R.V., “excuse.”]
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Augustine of Hippo
“We have also a manifest example from the Gospel, when the Lord saith, “If I had not come, they had not had sin.”” — editor's note: John xv. 22.
Read the whole comment“In order to seeing this more plainly, consider that which the same Lord also saith of the Jews, “If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin.”” — editor's note: John xv. 22.
Read the whole comment“This is the sin of which He also saith, “If I had not come, they had not had sin.”” — editor's note: John xv. 22.
Read the whole comment“And that no one may take it to his head to say that this applied properly to the Jews, and not to the world, did He not say in another place, “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own”?” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 22, 19.
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Catena Aurea on John
- OrigenCatena Aurea on John
“(John 15:22) For every excuse is withdrawn from the sinner, if, with the Word present, and enjoining what is to be done, he refuses to obey Him.” — the author cites it
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Then by way of another consolation, He declares the injustice of these persecutions both towards Him and them: If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin.
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Christ spoke to the Jews only, not to any other nation. In them then was that world which hated Christ and His disciples; and not only in them, but in us also. Were the Jews then without sin before Christ came in the…
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As the Jews persecuted Him out of professed regard for the Father, He takes away this excuse: He that hateth Me, hateth My Father also.
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
For as he who loves the Son, loves the Father also, the love of the Father being one with that of the Son, even as their nature is one: so he who hateth the Son, hateth the Father also.
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But He has just said, Because they know not Him that sent Me. How could they hate one whom they did not know? For if they hated God, believing Him to be something else, and not God, this was not hatred of God. In the…
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Thus then they have no excuse, He says; I gave them doctrine, I added miracles, which, according to Moses’ law, should convince all if the doctrine itself is good also: If I had not done among them the works that…
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The sin of not believing Him, notwithstanding His doctrine and His miracles. But why does He add, Which none other man did? Christ did no work greater than the raising of the dead, which we know the ancient Prophets…
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And that the disciples may not say, Why then hast Thou brought us into such difficulties? Couldest not thou foresee the resistance and hatred we should meet with, He quotes the prophecy: But this cometh to pass, that…
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Under the name of the Law, the whole of the Old Testament is included: and therefore our Lord says here, That is written in their law; the passage being in the Psalms.
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Their law, He says, not as made by them, but as given to them. A man hates without a cause, who seeks no advantage from his hatred. Thus the ungodly hate God; the righteous love Him, i. e. looking for no other good…
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It is one thing not to do good, another to hate the teacher of goodness; as there is a difference between sudden and deliberate sins. Our state generally is that we love what is good, but from infirmity cannot…
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 1.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 1.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 1.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:31–32 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.2.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 1.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 1.
Cited together in Origen on John 1:3 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 1.